Eureka Springs Independent Go hogs! Byn Becky Gillette – n As evidence grew of the degradation of Buffalo National River and its tributaries as a result of waste from 6,503 hogs at C&H Farms, there continued to be denials from the farm owners and state officials that there was any proof […]
Democrat Gazette C&H Hog Farms takes state buyout; $6.2M deal cut to preserve Buffalo Riverby Emily Walkenhorst C&H Hog Farms, the subject of yearslong environmental concerns, will close its doors later this year under a $6.2 million buyout agreement reached with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Department of Arkansas Heritage Director […]
Talk Business Hog farm near Buffalo River receiving $6.2 million to close AGRICULTURETALK POLITICS by Steve Brawner ([email protected]) C&H Hog Farms, the controversial facility located 6.6 miles from the Big Creek that flows into the Buffalo National River, will cease operations in return for $6.2 million as part of a voluntary agreement, […]
Arkansas Times State strikes deal to remove hog farm from Buffalo River watershed By Max Brantley On June 13, 2019 Gov. Asa Hutchinson used an appearance before the Arkansas Municipal League today to announce that a deal had been struck to remove the C and H factory hog feeding operation from the Buffalo River watershed. […]
Legalruralism Blog by Lisa Pruitt THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2019 The end of a story that’s gotten a lot of attention on Legal Ruralism: $6.2 million settlement closes industrial hog farm in my home county I have spilled a lot of (proverbial) ink on this concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) story […]
Springfield News-Leader OPINION Bill ending local CAFO control is a threat to waters Loring Bullard, Linda Chorice, Barbara Lucks, John Madras, Todd Parnell, Joe Pitts, Barry Rowell, Beth Siegfried, Tim Smith, Terry Whaley Published 6:30 p.m. CT June 12, 2019 This is a message to raise awareness, a “wake-up call” […]
Democrat Gazette Buffalo River Alliance, Arkansas Canoe Club to sue hog farm by Staff Report | June 12, 2019 The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance and the Arkansas Canoe Club announced a Notice of Intent to sue C&H Hog Farms, Inc. due to violations of the Clean Water Act, according to […]
Mountainous waste Duane Woltjen, an active member of (and leader in) virtually all environmental efforts across our state, and an advocate for our Buffalo National River, wrote to comment on my column in response to Warren Carter’s May 16 guest essay explaining why the Farm Bureau supports the controversial C&H […]
Inquiry is nearly finished at JBSBrazil meat giant adheres to orderby GERSON FREITAS JR. BLOOMBERG NEWS | Today at 1:43 a.m JBS SA is close to completing an internal investigation that stands to give Brazilian prosecutors additional evidence of wrongdoing as part of a leniency deal in a corruption scandal. […]
MIKE MASTERSON: Under fire by Mike Masterson | Today at 4:30 a.m. You may recall the pig-in-a-poke legislation known as Senate Bill 550 introduced by Sen. Gary Stubblefield during the recent General Assembly. The former dairy farmer from Branch was pushed whole hog by our unelected fourth branch of government, otherwise known […]
Arkansas Times After the flood: assessing the impact on livestock operations BY Max Brantley nn ON June 3, 2019 Preservation of life and property is paramount with Arkansas River at historic levels in Arkansas, but questions have also begun about what’s been put into the river by flood water. One example: Runaway barges filled […]
NWAOnline MIKE MASTERSON: Another viewThe C&H debacle by Mike Masterson The executive vice president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau recently wrote a guest essay on this page defending his support for C&H Hog Farms and its misplaced location deep within the environmentally fragile and precious Buffalo National River watershed. After discussions […]
NWAonline Letters May 20, 2019 at 1:52 a.m. We take it personally The recent guest column by Warren Carter of the Arkansas Farm Bureau justifies his ardent defense of C&H Hog Farms by claiming that “it’s personal” to him. Well, it’s personal, too, for the rest of us who want […]
Democrat Gazette OPINION – Guest writerIt’s personal Why Farm Bureau supports C&H; by Warren Carter Special to the Democrat-Gazette | Recent guest writers have attempted to vilify Arkansas Farm Bureau while questioning our involvement in the struggle to keep C&H Hog Farms in Newton County open and operating. The reason […]
Buffalo can’t wait; Hog farm near river must close by Teresa Turk and Lin Wellford Special to the Democrat-Gazette | Today at 3:02 a.m. Earth Day celebrations are intended to remind us of our collective duty to care for the planet that sustains us. It’s all the more poignant […]
Harrison Daily Times Data doesn’t support Buffalo National River pollution theories Staff Report [email protected] Apr 26, 2019 The junior high school science fair asks students to form a hypothesis and then use scientific methods to determine if the hypothesis is correct. In some cases the hypothesis is found to be […]
Endangered river by Mike Masterson | Today at 1:47 a.m Our treasured Buffalo National River has made the nonprofit American Rivers’ annual report, “America’s Most Endangered Rivers,” for a second year. The suffering stream ranked eighth in the latest report’s Top Ten list; it was last included in 2017. What a disgrace […]
Baxter Bulletin Buffalo makes list of ‘endangered’ rivers SCOTT LILES, Baxter BulletinPublished 9:46 p.m. CT April 16, 2019 | Updated 4:05 p.m. CT April 17, 2019 The Buffalo National River has been included on list of “America’s Most Endangered Rivers” by a prominent river-advocacy group for the second time in three […]
MASTERSON ONLINE: Protecting the riverby Mike Masterson | Today at 1:52 a.m Reader Nancy Baxter was among those expressing disdain for GOP state Sen. Gary Stubblefield’s Senate Bill 550 that Gov. Asa Hutchinson rightly sidetracked late last month. That’s the Farm Bureau-embraced bill I’m sure many readers recall that would have […]
TOM DILLARD: Inflicting harm upon ourselves The recent efforts among some legislators to defend large confined hog production facilities near the Buffalo National River remind me that we Arkansans have long had a propensity for shooting ourselves in the feet. All too often during the past 200 years our elected […]